Title Domestic violence in diverse contexts : a re-examination of gender / Sara Wendt and Lana Zannettino

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages) Series Routledge advances in health and social policy Routledge advances in health and social policy. Contents Introduction -- Feminist understandings of domestic violence -- Mothers -- Older women -- Religious women -- Refugee women -- Rural women -- Aboriginal women -- Lesbians -- Women with intellectual disabilities -- Conclusion Summary Overwhelmingly, it is women who are the victims of domestic violence and this book puts women's experiences of domestic violence at its centre, whilst acknowledging their many diverse and complex identities. Concentrating on the various forms of domestic abuse and its occurrence and manifestations within different contexts, it argues that gender is centrally implicated in the unique factors that shape violence across all these areas. Individual chapters outline the experiences of mothers, older women, religious women, refugee women, rural women, Aboriginal women, lesbians and women with intellectual disabilities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed December 7, 2015) Subject Family violence. Feminism. Women -- Violence against. Abused women -- Social aspects Women. Domestic Violence Feminism Internationality Women feminism. women (female humans) HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine. MEDICAL -- Diseases. MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine. MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine. Women Family violence Feminism Women -- Violence against Form Electronic book Author Zannettino, Lana, author. ISBN 9781315751894 1315751895 9781317616528 1317616529 9781317616511 1317616510 9781317616504 1317616502 9781138494565 1138494569

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